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The COVID surge is ebbing though deaths remain high. Meanwhile, the FDA has set a date to review data on vaccines for kids under 12 and the NIH has launched long-hauler study.

KPBS' Steve Walsh reports on the mental health struggles veterans face and the lack of support they receive from the military.

If some of the justices greet the new term with great anticipation for a new conservative legal era, others likely are facing the term with dread.

Japan's parliament picked former top diplomat Fumio Kishida as its new Prime Minister Monday. Kishida, seen as a moderate, faces a raft of political and economic challenges.

Many of these newly extinct species likely disappeared decades ago but knowing for certain can be difficult.

Two scientists who helped explain how we sense temperature and touch have received the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Their research could lead to new pain treatments.

Monday was the first day of the Supreme Court's new term. It was the first time in more than a year that almost all the justices were at the court.

The Justice Department on Friday outlined a broad new push to support crime victims, including coordinating with state and local authorities in cases where federal charges won't be brought.

The company says that daily exposure levels believed to be detected in the products likely would not cause "adverse health consequences."

Law enforcement agencies across Florida say they are also working around the clock regarding Marcano's disappearance. She was last seen on Sept. 24.

NPR's Ted Clark reports the death of Pol Pot does not close the book on the Khmer Rouge's crimes against humanity. U.S. officials still seek to bring to justice many of Pol Pot's lieutenants who were eager and willing participants in the brutal genocide that their movement orchestrated.

Linda talks with Nate Thayer, the southeast Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Reivew, about the death of Pol Pot, who was once the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Thayer interviewed Pol Pot in October and saw his body today in the jungles of north Cambodia. Thayer says even though Pol Pot has not been in power for two decades, many other Khmer Rouge leaders now still hold power in Cambodia.